AI Search & Visibility: a timeline
AI Overviews, AI Mode, and assistants such as ChatGPT and Perplexity that people now search with directly — plus the developing practice of being cited by a model rather than clicked from a list. The fastest-moving area on this site, and the one with the least settled evidence.
Latest ai search & visibility news · This month's ai search & visibility recap · RSS for this topic · What Google said about it
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October 2026 84 headlines
- Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Volatility X2, Spam Updates, AI Overviews Everywhere, Blending Ads & Organic, Google & Microsoft Earnings
- More ways to connect with the web from Search
- Google: AI Mode’s lower monetization slowed Search ad growth
- Google Search Growth Slows Again, AI Mode Is Partly Why
- Google AI Overview Citation Cards With AI-Generated Summary Snippets
- Reddit CEO Says Google’s AI Mode ‘Does Not Drive Traffic’
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September 2026 20 headlines
Spam update September 2026 spam update began 24 Sep
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August 2026 26 headlines
Spam update August 2026 spam update began 18 Aug
- Judge Questions Google AI, Spam Update Fallout – SEO Pulse
- 3 new ways to plan and book travel in Search
- Google Starts Rolling Out Hotel Booking In AI Mode
- Start with Google, Alexa+ Local, SEO v. AEO, Local AI Varies, Chat UI Wins
- Google is dynamically expanding AI Overviews for some queries
- Google AI Overviews Pushing Searchers Into AI Mode, Drops Show More Button
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July 2026 5 headlines
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June 2026 6 headlines
Spam update June 2026 spam update began 24 Jun
- New AI Visibility Insights in Bing Webmaster Tools: Intents, Topics, Citation Share, Compare
- New AI Visibility Insights in Bing Webmaster Tools: Intents, Topics, Citation Share, Compare
- Should I use markdown for my site?
- Query Fan-Out: What It Is and How It Affects AI Visibility
- Best SEO Agencies for Pet Brands in 2026: A GEO-First Evaluation
- GSC’s new AI Overview reporting – How can we use this information?
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May 2026 10 headlines
Core update May 2026 core update began 21 May
- Top 10 Best B2B SEO Agencies in 2026
- Creating “Chain of Evidence” (CoE) Content for GEO / AEO
- Content Chunking & AI Extractability
- Evolving role of the index: From ranking pages to supporting answers
- Evolving role of the index: From ranking pages to supporting answers
- Most important factor for A.I. citation
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April 2026 1 headline
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February 2026 4 headlines
Discover update February 2026 Discover update began 5 Feb
How this is built
Every archived headline is tagged with topics by keyword. Each month shows the most significant ai search & visibility headlines by this site's impact score, plus any Google update that began that month. Months with nothing archived are left out. The archive began in earnest in mid-2025, so earlier months are thin.